The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... the Father well from me ; Say , that the fated hour is come , And to - night he shall watch with thee , To win the treasure of the tomb : For this will be St. Michael's night , And , CANTO I. ] 13 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... the Father well from me ; Say , that the fated hour is come , And to - night he shall watch with thee , To win the treasure of the tomb : For this will be St. Michael's night , And , CANTO I. ] 13 THE LAST MINSTREL .
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A Poem Walter Scott. For this will be St. Michael's night , And , though stars be dim , the moon is bright ; And the Cross , of bloody red , Will point to the grave of the mighty dead . XXIII . " What he gives thee , see thou keep ; Stay ...
A Poem Walter Scott. For this will be St. Michael's night , And , though stars be dim , the moon is bright ; And the Cross , of bloody red , Will point to the grave of the mighty dead . XXIII . " What he gives thee , see thou keep ; Stay ...
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... Michael brandished , And trampled the Apostate's pride . The moonbeam kiss'd the holy pane , And threw on the pavement a bloody stain . XII . They sate them down on a marble stone , A Scottish monarch slept below ; Thus spoke the Monk ...
... Michael brandished , And trampled the Apostate's pride . The moonbeam kiss'd the holy pane , And threw on the pavement a bloody stain . XII . They sate them down on a marble stone , A Scottish monarch slept below ; Thus spoke the Monk ...
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... Michael Scott ; A wizard of such dreaded fame , That when , in Salamanca's cave , Him listed his magic wand to wave , The bells would ring in Notre Dame ! Some of his skill he taught to me ; And , Warrior , I could say to thee The words ...
... Michael Scott ; A wizard of such dreaded fame , That when , in Salamanca's cave , Him listed his magic wand to wave , The bells would ring in Notre Dame ! Some of his skill he taught to me ; And , Warrior , I could say to thee The words ...
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... Michael's night , When the bell toll'd one , and the moon was bright , And I dug his chamber among the dead , When the floor of the chancel was stained red , That his patron's Cross might over him wave , And scarce the fiends from the ...
... Michael's night , When the bell toll'd one , and the moon was bright , And I dug his chamber among the dead , When the floor of the chancel was stained red , That his patron's Cross might over him wave , And scarce the fiends from the ...
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